Stewart Brett McKINNEY

(1931-1987)

McKINNEY, Stewart Brett, a
Representative from Connecticut; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January 30, 1931; graduated, Kent School, Kent, Conn.,
1949; attended Princeton University, 1949-1951; B.A., Yale
University, 1958; sergeant, United States Air Force, 1951-1955;
elected State representative, Connecticut general assembly in 1966;
reelected in 1968; serving as minority leader, 1969, 1970;
director, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport Child Guidance Clinic,
Rehabilitation Center of Eastern Fairfield County, and Bridgeport
Chamber of Commerce; delegate, Connecticut State Republican
conventions, 1968-1970; delegate, Republican National Convention,
1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the eight
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1971, until his
death in Washington, D.C., May 7, 1987; was a resident of Green
Farms, Conn.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present